How about: Lets see your custom paint jobs

[zgardner18]

Here's my contribution:

I'm almost done with this one 100%.  The fuel tank was shortened, fuel filler and piping details added, and I also added new phase 2 truck sideframes with details.  I will post a picture when fully completed.  It started out as an undecorated Rail Power GP-60M.

Nice work.  Do you have plans to do the F45 (or is it a FP45) that Maersk had?  What else did they paint up?  Wasn't there a SD40-2 as well?

[jasperofzeal]

Nice work.  Do you have plans to do the F45 (or is it a FP45) that Maersk had?  What else did they paint up?  Wasn't there a SD40-2 as well?

Thanks for the compliment, and sorry for the late reply (had to work sunday).  I do have planned on doing another GP-60M and an unprototypical B unit in the Maersk scheme.  As far as I have read up, they painted a SD40-2 and a SDF40-2 (which looks a bit like the FP45).  Maybe in the future I might consider them so I'll probably just get the decal sheets now and store them, you never know if they'll be around later.  I also plan on making some Maxi I's, but I hear Athearn is coming out (came out?) with them.  Either way I have 2 sets of decals ready for those well cars.

[steamage]

This is a 30 year old AS-616, Hallmark model.

Hey, I had one of those that I painted in the Trona Railway paint scheme. It's now lost in the mists of time, just as is the old Trona. How does yours run? As I remember, mine ran OK but sounded like a cement mixer.

To answer your question UP2CSX, I put a can motor in the Hallmark AS-616 with plastic universal. The gear towers still make noise sounding like a Baldwin, so thats the sound unit. It's one of my best switchers on the layout nowadays.

[TomDiehl]

I posted these photos a while back, but since you asked:

 The first is my own railroad, in a obviously Reading inspired paint scheme. This is an Athearn SD40-2 model.  I have several more models, GP38's, Alco C430's, etc in the same style.

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299/TomDiehl/HPIM0669.jpg

The other, I posted as a "what if" type paint scheme. I had an extra Athearn P42DC body and some left over decals from my Pennsy Baldwin Sharks project. Note that it's just the body painted and temporarily snapped onto a regular Amtrak painted chassis. There's also no handrails or window "glass" on the model

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299/TomDiehl/Heritage.jpg

 

[sfrailfan]

 I've only painted 3 projects so far...the rest have been nothing but weathering. An airbrush would be nice someday but for these I've only used rattle cans and paint brushes. I might continue without an airbrush until next year sometime. Finances are depleted at the moment!

Hey Jeff,

Those look AMAZING!!! The BN hopper is my favorite, (BN is my fav road despite my screen name) It doesn't even look like you need an airbrush, But, from someone who just bought his second which is dual action.... I gotta say you deserve one. Think of what you could do if you have one. It's so much fun. I also keep my single action for when I don't need the dual. I understand funds are tight, I just spent the last of my budget for a while. I hope this is insirational to you. Maybe mow a couple of lawns or something, but do get one ASAP! -and when you do, show us your work!

[sfrailfan]

BN SDP40 1976.  I did this around 25 years ago.  I' wanting for someone to come out with a decent SDP40 so I can redo it and match it up with the Atlas U30C on order and the Kato SD40-2 that I'm superdetailing and adding sound to.

 

I was about to hunt down an SDP40, but someone told me to wait because Athearn will re release them with all the retooling, maybe they will do these both 40 and 45?

[MrKLUKE]

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[TomDiehl]

Let's try this again and see if I can actually get the images to display

I posted these photos a while back, but since you asked:

 The first is my own railroad, in a obviously Reading inspired paint scheme. This is an Athearn SD40-2 model.  I have several more models, GP38's, Alco C430's, etc in the same style.

The other, I posted as a "what if" type paint scheme. I had an extra Athearn P42DC body and some left over decals from my Pennsy Baldwin Sharks project. Note that it's just the body painted and temporarily snapped onto a regular Amtrak painted chassis. There's also no handrails or window "glass" on the model

[zgardner18]

SFRAILFAN!

Hello and THANKS! Hey, I did experiment once with a friend's inexpensive Testors airbrush and he also used those cans of air. Ugh. I did NOT like the cans of air. They worked good for awhile but the pressure seemed inconsistent. He was a novice as well so maybe we were doing it wrong. Anyway, this is all conversation for a different thread. When it gets closer, I'll seek advice on another topic but I did decide that I'm not getting an airbrush until I can afford a quality brand along with a real good compressor. Speaking of BN "paint peelers", there are also some neat blue MRL covered hoppers with BN's Cascade Green coming through! Very wild looking freight cars... 

Jeff (MrKLUKE)   

Jeff,

I did the same thing with my brother's Testors cheep airbrush that attached to a can.  He gave it to me to try and it was just as good as a rattle can.  So I forked out the cash and bought one at the LHS.  What a good investment!  It was easy for me since I already had a pancake compressor from Porter Cable that I used for work.

I've seen those MRL Hoppers first hand that have the green coming through when I lived in Bozeman Montana going to school up there.  I plan on modeling them when I get good.

[Noah Hofrichter]

My only real custom paint job so far has been these two GP15s, painted for a shortline in Northern Wisconsin:

1500: 

1501:

The pair:

I did a couple other units a few years ago too, but they aren't worth posting, as they weren't very good. I now consider them my "practice" units....

I always like seeing others' custom paint jobs, so this thread is really neat! I only hope I can do paint jobs that are as good as some of the ones posted here someday...

Noah

[SecretWeapon]

[SecretWeapon]

[jasperofzeal]

SFRAILFAN!

Hello and THANKS! Hey, I did experiment once with a friend's inexpensive Testors airbrush and he also used those cans of air. Ugh. I did NOT like the cans of air. They worked good for awhile but the pressure seemed inconsistent. He was a novice as well so maybe we were doing it wrong. Anyway, this is all conversation for a different thread. When it gets closer, I'll seek advice on another topic but I did decide that I'm not getting an airbrush until I can afford a quality brand along with a real good compressor. Speaking of BN "paint peelers", there are also some neat blue MRL covered hoppers with BN's Cascade Green coming through! Very wild looking freight cars... 

Jeff (MrKLUKE)   

 

Before the days of me getting a nice little airbrush set, I used to use a cheap-o airbrush and the canned air.  I had read somewhere that if you keep the canned air in a container with room-temp water, it'll reduce the loss of pressure while airbrushing.  As you use the air from the can , the can gets cold and it causes the pressure to fall.  The water absorbs the coldness from the can and helps regulate the can temp.  Eventually you'll need to "refresh" the water since the water will get cold, but you might run out of canned air before this happens.  One of the problems with doing this is that while you're airbrushing, you'll have a tub of water next to you with your compressed air submerged in it.  This tip did seem to help though.

This is what I use now (http://www.rcslot.com/pc-radio-control-slot-cars/TES9169.html).  So far it's given me good results and I like how easy it is to operate and clean.  I've seen them at Wal-Mart, but I don't remember the price, I got mine as a gift anyhow.

[zgardner18]

From the time that I started this thread to now I have done 3 engines that most of you have seen but I'm going to post them again. 

Please lets keep this thread going with more photos.

[BRAKIE]

C&HV.

Huron River

R.J.Corman

[Great Western Rwy fan]

Here's a shot of My 55' Mckeen Motorcar,A brass Ken Kidder model,I painted and lettered this for the Great western Rwy.

 

And Here's a Great Western  diesel I also painted and lettered for the GW..

And Here's a shot of GW #90 an Empire Midland brass import.I painted and lettered it also.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

My old KCS 666 was looking pretty tired. I recently did a new one from an Athearn Blue Box kit.

From this -

To this in three days.

 

[vsmith]

In official RR colors:

if the Official colors were "rust and grime"

 

[chadw]

Here's mine.  It's painted for the CA&S, my freelanced line, and is unfinished until I get a spray booth or warm weather comes.

[dinwitty]

This is my weathered and painted train, The cab forward a repaint to the club.

One car weathered up.

 

 

I have ongoing work like painting my South Shore little joe, but needs a rework. 

[cwclark]

 did these with an airbrush and microscale decals...chuck

 

[GAPPLEG]

This is a Stewart VO-1000 I painted up in the SP orange and black:

These are my shortline locos: RS-3  ,  44 tonner ,  and A U-18b I made back in the late 70's by cutting down a U-30b:

[CSX_road_slug]

Chad - I recognize the BethSteel black n' yellow anywhere!

Jerry - nice scheme on the TMI locos

Here's a shot of a pair of SD38-2's in my freelance scheme, the Iron Belt:

[innocent_gentleman]

 Here are several did this past year when I got my first airbrush.  Sorry for the photo quality.

[doctorwayne]

Bachmann Consolidation:

 

Athearn Mikado (done for a friend):

 

Van Hobbies CNR 2-8-2 (done for a friend):

 

Bachmann USRA Light Mountain:

 

Athearn Mikado:

 

Athearn (modified) NW-2:

 

Athearn (modified) SW1200RS:

 

Atlas C-425:

 

Model Power (modified) FPA-4:

 

Proto2000 (modified) 0-8-0

 

Wayne

 

[modelmaker51]

Great work doctorwayne, being a diesel guy, I especially like the SW1500s and the NW-2.

[Anonymous]

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[GAPPLEG]

innocent_gentleman love all those SP/SSW units nice looking paint jobs. very clean. Long live the SP

[D&HRR]

A couple of D&H units i have done a while ago.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/bever22/DSC01573.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/bever22/DSC01220.jpg

[D&HRR]

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h171/bever22/DSC01572.jpg

The bicentennial was done by someone else but the traditional lightning is mine.